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Miss Hargreaves By Frank Baker
Frank Baker born in London in 1908 was a musician actor and novelist. Miss Hargreaves - Frank Baker From Ray Russells Supernatural Fiction Database For this weeks forgotten book Im digging through my reading logs for something that is an all-time favorite book -- a reading experience that was not only satisfying on multiple levels but also transformative. Frank Baker born in London in 1908 was a musician actor and novelist. Reviewed in the United States on December 2 2012. This was a good read -- definitely an interesting concept for a book and Frank Baker pulled it off very well. Miss Hargreaves is part of The Bloomsbury Group a new library of books from the early twentieth-century chosen by readers for readers. Miss Hargreaves is a fabulous supernatural farce running in a similar vein to Blithe Spirit or other similar 1940s comedies. Mystical humorous and poignant. 30 out of 5 stars Miss Hargreaves by Frankn Baker is a good read indeed. In 1930 after five years in an underwriting room and one in a school for church organists he drew chants overboard with cargo papers and drifted to Lands end. Set firmly pre-war Baker tells this wonderful story which is something of a cautionary tale for those of us with vivid imaginations. Franks third novel Miss Hargreaves was the most successful. She descends upon Norman and completely takes over his life with her devotion. 30 out of 5 stars Miss Hargreaves by Frankn Baker is a good read indeed. He died in 1983--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Frank Baker born in London in 1908 was a musician actor and novelist. He was the author of fifteen novels of which Miss Hargreaves was the most successful. About Miss Hargreaves When on the spur of a moment Norman Huntley and his friend Henry invent an eighty-three year-old woman called Miss Hargreaves they are inspired to post a letter to their new fictional friend. In 1939 somewhere in Ulster Miss Hargreaves crossed his path and influenced his fortunes. Frank Baker was born in London in 1908 and trained as a musician.
It was republished several times and was also produced as a play in 1952 at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London with Dame Margaret Rutherford in the starring role. Miss Hargreaves is a most eccentric character and her appearance turns the conventions of the town topsy-turvy. Miss Hargreaves is part of The Bloomsbury Group a new library of books from the early twentieth-century chosen by readers for readers. She descends upon Norman and completely takes over his life with her devotion. Frank Baker born in London in 1908 was a musician actor and novelist. Miss Hargreaves - Frank Baker From Ray Russells Supernatural Fiction Database For this weeks forgotten book Im digging through my reading logs for something that is an all-time favorite book -- a reading experience that was not only satisfying on multiple levels but also transformative. He was the author of fifteen novels of which Miss Hargreaves was the most successful. Set firmly pre-war Baker tells this wonderful story which is something of a cautionary tale for those of us with vivid imaginations. Books chosen in response to readers recommendations - from authors families friends and bloggers. In 1939 somewhere in Ulster Miss Hargreaves crossed his path and influenced his fortunes. Frank Bakers most popular book is Miss Hargreaves. Up to 5 cash back When on the spur of a moment Norman Huntley and his friend Henry invent an eighty-three year-old woman called Miss Hargreaves they are inspired to post a letter to their new fictional friend. Frank Baker born in London in 1908 was a musician actor and novelist. Frank Baker died in 1983. Reviewed in the United States on December 2 2012. This was a good read -- definitely an interesting concept for a book and Frank Baker pulled it off very well. This 1939 volume was a popular prewar novel displaying the dubious literary talents of organist actor BBC editor and author Frank Behold a work of relentless mediocrity. The Bloomsbury Group represents. Reviewed in the United States on December 2 2012. It is only meant to be a silly harmless game - until Miss Hargreaves arrives on their doorstep complete with her cockatoo her harp and - last but not least - her bath.
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Frank Bakers most popular book is Miss Hargreaves. Mystical humorous and poignant. This was a good read -- definitely an interesting concept for a book and Frank Baker pulled it off very well. Frank Baker born in London in 1908 was a musician actor and novelist. About Miss Hargreaves When on the spur of a moment Norman Huntley and his friend Henry invent an eighty-three year-old woman called Miss Hargreaves they are inspired to post a letter to their new fictional friend. This was a good read -- definitely an interesting concept for a book and Frank Baker pulled it off very well. Frank Baker born in London in 1908 was a musician actor and novelist. Frank Baker has 20 books on Goodreads with 3375 ratings. He died in 1983--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Miss Hargreaves may be the utterest lunacy - a tissue of moonshine - but it is the kind of novel I fancy that is badly wanted at the moment and its central idea is one which has rarely if indeed ever been used before Sunday Times A comedy about the creative imagination loss of control and the pressures of conformity Independent This is a masterpiece of imaginative fiction.
MISS HARGREAVES is part of the Bloombury Groups set of reprinted early 20th-century British novels that have disappeared and been swept aside into the dustbin of history. Franks third novel Miss Hargreaves was the most successful. It was republished several times and was also produced as a play in 1952 at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London with Dame Margaret Rutherford in the starring role. Miss Hargreaves is a fabulous supernatural farce running in a similar vein to Blithe Spirit or other similar 1940s comedies. 30 out of 5 stars Miss Hargreaves by Frankn Baker is a good read indeed. Books chosen in response to readers recommendations - from authors families friends and bloggers. She descends upon Norman and completely takes over his life with her devotion. Miss Hargreaves is part of The Bloomsbury Group a new library of books from the early twentieth-century chosen by readers for readers. Creating episode after episode within the village and church community Bakers novel starts off as a hilarious farce. Miss Hargreaves is part of The Bloomsbury Group.
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Knickernappies welcomes the newest and tiniest member of their team...Colby Tate Hicks!
Heather, Shannon & Camille welcomed the newest member of their family to the world on Monday night! Colby Tate Hicks was born on Monday, June 7th @ 10:26pm. He came in at an adorable 7lbs. 6oz. and 19 inches long.
Amazingly enough after only a 2-3 day break it's back to business as usual in the Knickernappies household, the only difference is that now they've got a new little cloth diaper model! Heather and Shannon couldn't be happier and Camille is just loving her new job as big sister!
He is such a doll! Congrats.
Congratulations! The whole family is looking great and proud! Enjoy these days.
He's gorgeous! Congrats Heather and family!
awn so cute! congrats! Bet the knickernappies diaper looks super cute on him!
I"m entering the home grown families giveaway of your knickernappies diaper!
Heather and fam I am so happy for you! Enjoy your new little man and I wish you all the best!
Thank you everyone! We're loving having Colby in our family. He's such a sweet baby and Camille is a wonderful big sister, as I knew she would be. We're having a blast trying all the different diapers. We'll take some pics of him in Knickernappies soon.
I'm so impressed you're up and running. Congratulations to the whole family!!!
Oh what an adorable babe! Congrats!
WOW! what a beautiful baby... LOVE the name, he has the name of my husband- Congrats!
Thank you! Looking forward to posting our first post-baby blog soon!


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British director Ben Wheatley assembles an eccentric cast in this down-and-dirty action movie, centered on an arms deal gone bad.
Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Noah Taylor, Tom Davis, Mark Monero, Patrick Bergin.
Twelve angry men and one tough "bird" walk into a dilapidated Boston warehouse and proceed to blast the building and one another to smithereens in "Free Fire," a dizzyingly choreographed — and unexpectedly comedic — shoot-'em-up in which the body count hits double digits, while the bullet count proves downright impossible to fathom. A virtuoso feat of indiscriminate gunplay from director Ben Wheatley — who is, without a doubt, the most exciting thing to hit British genre cinema since Guy Ritchie, minus the latter's eagerness to sell out — this almost cartoonishly over-the-top action movie crosses the irreverent cheekiness of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" with the ruthless spirit of 1970s B-movies, in which audiences hoped for a few minutes of what "Free Fire" sustains for the better part of 90 minutes.
Coming off her equally claustrophobic "Room," Brie Larson plays the only lady in a group of guys whose guns serve as all-too-obvious extensions of their easily bruised egos. With poncy negotiator Ord (a bearded Armie Hammer) serving as middleman, the group is pretty evenly split: In one corner, there's the contingent who want the weapons, including Irish Republican Army operative Chris (Cillian Murphy), shaggy team captain Frank (Wheatley regular Michael Smiley), lovely accomplice Justine (Larson), and hired-muscle stooges Bernie (Enzo Cilenti) and Stevo (Sam Riley). In the other stand their gun-running counterparts, represented by wheeler-dealer Vernon (weaselly South African actor Sharlto Copley, best known for "District 9"), Afro-sporting associate Martin (Babou Ceesay), duck-and-cover Gordon (Noah Taylor), and hothead Harry (an unrecognizable Jack Reynor).
With 30 assault rifles changing hands between them and additional concealed weapons on nearly everybody's person, the well-lit space — which casts the rubble of an old umbrella factory in gold, maroon and teal — is essentially a Mexican standoff waiting to happen, and Wheatley and co-writer/wife Amy Jump make sure that the tension is palpable. First, Murphy's character balks about the kind of guns he's buying; then we learn that Harry was the one who clocked black-eyed Stevo the night before.
Soon enough something's going to set these clowns off — though Wheatley manages to extend the suspense for nearly half an hour before the first antagonistic shot is fired. That bullet hits Stevo square in the chest, and he collapses to the ground in slow motion, giving everyone else in the room (and the theater) time to process what's happening. From here on, it's a free-for-all as everyone dives for cover, doing their best to pick off one another before getting shot themselves. The ensuing violence is treated with all the sanctity of a classic Tom and Jerry cartoon as the various characters take bullets to their backsides, popping up from behind their various hiding places to blast a few blind rounds in the general direction of their enemies.
With the exception of a gruesome head wound that leaves one character's brains exposed (with a direct impact on his subsequent behavior), none of the injuries seem all that serious. Wheatley plays "Free Fire" as much for comedy as suspense, inviting us to laugh as bullets tear into the shoulder pads and sleeves of these tackily clad 1970s characters' polyester suits. One gets the sense that he doesn't want to kill anyone off too quickly, since it's clearly more fun to torment them with multiple flesh wounds over the course of the movie's epic firefight.
Editing all of this three-dimensional pandemonium (which DP Laurie Rose covers from as many angles as possible) must have posed an extreme logistical challenge, especially considering the sheer number of characters involved. There are more than a few times when it's tough to discern who's shooting at whom or why — though the mere fact that bullets are flying keeps the characters on their toes, and audiences hunkered down as well, lest a stray ricochet pick them off in their seats. While not nearly as bloody as Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" finale, "Free Fire" achieves and sustains its sense of carefully orchestrated chaos for nearly a full hour (augmented by aural wizard Martin Pavey's intricate sound design, as well as the appearance of two freelance snipers, invited to the party by a culprit whose identity remains hidden for as long as possible).
Eschewing whatever eye-crossing allegorical statement he intended to make with "High Rise," Wheatley has multiple reasons for setting this down-and-dirty little genre exercise in the 1970s — the decade that gave us such hot-box shootouts as "Assault on Precinct 13" and "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three." His choice not only justifies an outrageous wardrobe of wide-collared shirts and equally cringe-worthy leisure suits, but ensures that no one can whip out his cell phone and call for help amidst the melée. Instead, he situates the warehouse's lone phone in an upstairs office, which elevates any attempt to get backup into a near-impossible suicide run.
Among the various motives at play, one segment of the shooters wants the briefcase of cash for themselves, another simply hopes to get out of the situation alive, while the most dangerous sees the general state of bedlam as the cover they need to settle personal scores. Neither Harry nor Stevo will rest until the other is dead, for example, and the gory resolution of their dispute sparks cheers from audiences who judge each "kill" in terms of its macabre creativity. Meanwhile, Wheatley heightens the absurdity with his soundtrack choices (which include a trio of ironically deployed John Denver classics, combined with strategic energy-boosting contributions from "Ex-Machina" composers Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow). The fact that they could all lay down their weapons and finish the deal heightens Wheatley's generally irreverent approach, all of which serves to remind that guns don't kill people; insecure, overcompensating idiots do.
Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Midnight Madness), Sept. 9, 2016. Running time: 91 MIN.
Production: An A24 release of a Film4, BFI presentation, of a Rook Films production. Producer: Andy Starke. Executive producers: Martin Scorsese, Emma TIllinger Koskoff, Reno Antoniades, David Kosse, Sam Lavender, Ben Roberts, Lizzie Francke, Danny Perkins, Dan MacRae.
Crew: Director: Ben Wheatley. Screenplay, editors: Amy Jump, Wheatley. Camera (color, widescreen): Laurie Rose.
With: Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Noah Taylor, Tom Davis, Mark Monero, Patrick Bergin.


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        sut.guessDivisor(1);
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        assertEquals(100, sut.getValue());
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Synchronized swimming celebrates 50-year legacy at UR
By: Erika Echternach | Published 02/13/18 4:09pm | Updated 02/13/18 4:18pm | No comments
Courtesy of Asha Bandal
The synchronized swimming team surrounded by its coaches and alumae this past weekend.
The University of Richmond synchronized swimming team celebrated its 50th anniversary at its home competition against Ohio State University on Feb. 10.
The celebration recognized everything UR synchronized swimming has endured since it came to campus, including becoming a varsity sport in 1980 and moving to club status in 2001.
During the meet, UR recognized its three senior members, Erin Wheeler, Jinny Kang and Allison Zhao.
Wheeler ranked in the top ten nationally for her solo routine the past three years, but opted out of performing a solo routine this year so that she could compete with the rest of the girls in the team routine. Wheeler said she had wanted to be a part of training with the team more, which ultimately paid off at Nationals.
"That was probably my favorite memory because it was the first time we had a full team at Nationals and it just felt like we were really a team for the first time ever," Wheeler said.
Kang emphasized the importance of the team.
"The members make it – it's a make it or break it," Kang said.
Because synchronized swimming is a club sport, anyone can become a member no matter his or her experience level. Zhao, now a captain, said she could barely swim when she had signed up for the team her freshman year.
"I wanted to try something completely new and foreign to me and push myself," Zhao said.
Becoming a team member also means becoming a member of the synchronized swimming family, as demonstrated by the more than 40 UR synchronized swimming alumni who attended the competition, some from as far back as 1967.
Many of the alumni were a part of the synchronized swimming team when it was a varsity sport under coach Peg Hogan.
Julie Luster, who swam when Hogan coached, said she saw the 50th anniversary as a celebration of great memories.
Andrea Steffanich, Luster's former teammate, said she admired how the swimmers now worked together to raise the money for the expenses of their club sport.
"I'm very impressed by the dedication of the swimmers and the coaches," Steffanich said.
Another former varsity team member and captain, Elizabeth Munz, said she was glad to see how the current members have kept the team traditions alive.
"It was a really tight community – it still is a tight community," Munz said.
In an expression of unity, the alumni combined with the current team members for a Spider cheer and a picture during a break in the competition.
Coach Asha Bandal, who had been on the UR varsity swimming team herself, said she had teared up when she saw all the alumni joining them by the pool because of the huge legacy they had left.
"I'm overwhelmed – it's awesome," Bandal said.
Although UR scored 51 points and Ohio State, the reigning national champions, scored 94, the UR seniors agreed that the day was a highlight of their careers because they were part of a lasting legacy.
"To be able to know that you're part of something bigger than just the team and the university is something really special," Zhao said.
Contact copy editor Erika Echternach at erika.echternach@richmond.edu.
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Thai Airways denies risk of bankruptcy
byClement Charpentreau
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Alarming statements made by Thai Airways president Sumeth Damrongchentham to his employees had led many to believe the company was threatened by bankruptcy. The national carrier of Thailand issued a statement in which it claims the comments were intended to warn employees about the industry's competitive environment.
On October 22, 2019, Sumeth was reported saying that if his employees did not participate in rehabilitation efforts, the airline would close down. "There is still time for a solution, but there is not much time," Sumeth's statement in a letter to Thai Airways executives was reported by the Bangkok Post. This statement came along with the announcement of a plan to reduce executives' salaries, as well as to apply a "zero stock" policy for its catering service, with an objective to reduce costs by 20%.
The following day, the company clarified his remarks in an official statement, by stating that the president messages were "misconstrued" and were only aimed at raising "employee awareness of the highly competitive state of the airline industry". As for the risk of collapsing, Thai denied claims made by the media and assured its "capability to perform exceptionally amidst tough airline competition".
Thai Airways, part of Star Alliance, recorded a net loss of $212 million, with the cumulative loss reaching $9.2 billion in the first half of 2019. The financial struggle was explained as the result of competition with low-cost carriers that took over Thai's leadership on several northern routes that previously accounted for a third of its revenue, but also the exchange rate of the local currency, the baht.
Thai Airways is expected to present a new restructuring plan to the Ministry of Transport in November 2019. It should include a reorganization of the flight schedule. The carrier denied press reports that routes towards Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar would be abandoned. Instead, they should be transferred to its low-cost subsidiary Thai Smile.
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AUDITION DATES: FEBRUARY 19TH & 20TH AT 7:00 PM. PLEASE BRING THEATRE RESUME AND HEADSHOT IF AVAILABLE.
SHOW DATES: APRIL 6TH THROUGH APRIL 15TH. FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS 8:00 PM, SUNDAYS 2:00 PM
6 women-playing ages 20s to 70s
5 men playing ages 20s to 50s
The ages listed in the descriptions below are the "playing ages" of the characters in this show. Actors who fall out of these parameters with respect to their own chronological age may still audition for the role if they physically fit the "playing age."
BAKERSMAN (20s) is an under-butler, new to the Abbey. He is jittery and unsure of his role and responsibilities. These nerves cause him to scream at a high pitch, sounding more like a woman than a man. Working class/cockney accent required.
McDONALD (50s) is the stalwart head butler of the Abbey. Dry, smooth, relatively unflappable, he's a distant cousin to P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves. He is subtly enamored of Lady Daphne, catering to her every whim. He's also a bit of a drinker. Upper class accent required.
MRS. YEWS (any age, but probably 50s) is the head of household, with a seemingly unhealthy devotion to the Abbey. Everything about her is sharp, from her wit to her eyebrows. She can get quite physical with the set, due to her adoration. Upper class accent required.
LADY DAPHNE UPTIGHT (40s) is the American wife of our victim. She does not have a British accent, but speaks in a demur, gentile style. Periodically, her heavy American slips in — something rougher, sassier, more crass. After these moments, she slips back into her demur nature as if she's just hiccuped.
HONORIA UPTIGHT (20s) is awkward. She lacks style and grace, and any attempts at the same never come to fruition. Her tone is nearly monotonous. This awkwardness makes others uncomfortable around her. She is in love with Marcus Wainwright, who happens to be her cousin. Upper class accent required.
GLADYS PATTICAKE (50s) is an animated, feisty cook. While cockney, she carries herself with certain militant air of dignity. She's proud of her work and often frustrated by her daft daughter Fern. This actress needs some flexibility with accents, primarily cockney and French.
FERN PATTICAKE (20s), Gladys's daughter, is pretty but also pretty dumb. Many people can get lost in a fog, but Fern creates her own. She is aggressively flirtatious. Her sexiness causes anxiety in practically all involved. Cockney accent required.
MARCUS HUGH WAINWRIGHT (30s) is a cousin to the Uptights, and believes he should actually live at, or better yet own, the Abbey. He is charming, engaging, dashing — and he knows it. He's also a homosexual, but not in an overtly flamboyant sense. He can do a lot with a raised eyebrow or subtle innuendo. There is an "Is he? Oh, okay, he is" aspect to him. Upper class accent required.
NURSE AGNES DUNDLEBUNNY (older than dirt) is a decrepit old woman, although played by a man. She speaks no real lines, but responds to the Duchess with a string of nonsensical, warbling, high-pitched gibberish. It's as if her old lips are so pinched and wrinkled that she can hardly form real language. Only the Duchess can understand her.
THE DOWAGER DUCHESS UPTIGHT (70s and up) is also an old woman, a vestige of the Victorian age. She is imposing, imperious and can cause fear in the stoutest of characters. Yes, she's a healthy mix of Maggie Smith and Lady Bracknell, and she is played by a man. Upper class accent required.
LORD HORATIO UPTIGHT (40s–50s) is our victim. He spends a good part of the first act as a dead body. He is an egomaniac, a thoroughly unpleasant person, and clearly in charge of the Abbey. Upper class accent required. The actor who plays Horatio also plays INSPECTOR REGINALD SPECTER, a working class, trench-coated, mustachioed investigator from Scotland Yard. He's all business, although rangling the Uptight household is no easy task. Cockney accent required.


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 Powiat Bielski (Podlachien) mit Sitz in Bielsk Podlaski
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Michael Fried, J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in the Humanities and professor of the history of art, John Hopkins University. To celebrate the publication of his latest book, Another Light: Jacques-Louis David to Thomas Demand, Michael Fried presented a film screening and lecture at the National Gallery of Art on February 22, 2015. After showing Thomas Demand's brilliant stop-motion film Pacific Sun (2012), Fried presents his analysis of the film—both in its own right and in relation to Demand's much-admired photographic work.


Will DARPA's New Space Shuttle Crush the SpaceX Grasshopper?
This experimental space plane promises to drop the price of satellite launches tenfold.
DARPA's hypothetical "space plane." Photo: DARPA.
SpaceX wants to put American astronauts back in space aboard American-built rockets powered by American-built rocket engines.
But will the American government give the company the chance?
SpaceX hopes to turn the Falcon 9 into the next stage in evolution of the company's revolutionary "Grasshopper" vertical takeoff and landing space rocket. Dubbing the next stage in the Grasshopper experiment, the Falcon 9R ("R" for "reusable"), SpaceX's ultimate goal is to build a rocket ship that can launch into space, deliver its satellite payload, then drop back down through the atmosphere and land vertically on its launch pad. If the company succeeds, it will give the U.S. government its first truly reusable spacecraft since the cancellation of the space shuttle program.
SpaceX's Grasshopper: Small, but with big potential. Photo: SpaceX.
The bigger question is whether the U.S. government will want it.
A reusable spacecraft holds the potential to save taxpayers billions of dollars in costs by not having to build disposable spacecraft for each new satellite launch. But the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is already working on its own idea for a reusable spacecraft.
Dubbed the "Experimental Spaceplane," or XS-1 program, the new spacecraft would actually work more as a suborbital space shuttle. Operated remotely like a drone, and flying at speeds in excess of Mach 10, XS-1 would lift small payloads into the stratosphere, then fire them into orbit via a small, disposable, "upper stage" rocket. The XS-1 would then fly back down to Earth to land just like a plane would.
DARPA thinks that if it can get this concept up and running, it should be possible to deliver small satellites (1.5-2.5 tons) into orbit at a cost of about $5 million apiece. That's 10 times less than the $55 million that SpaceX charged SES for one satellite launch last year aboard its (currently disposable) Falcon 9 rocket. In fact, $5 million would almost certainly be cheaper than what SpaceX could charge even with a reusable Falcon 9.
As such, DARPA's XS-1 project has the potential to undercut SpaceX's pricing and smother its reusable spacecraft project in the cradle.
DARPA has not revealed how much it will pay the contractors to begin work on XS-1 -- much less how much they might earn from contracts to actually build the craft, should the program proceed that far. But the latter amount (at least) is likely to be substantial, and SpaceX is not even in the running to win it.
SpaceX, certainly, has a lot at stake if DARPA's XS-1 program succeeds. A viable XS-1 could quickly make the company's reusable Falcon 9 program look obsolete -- and expensive. What might surprise you, though, is that the biggest casualty of a successful XS-1 program might not be SpaceX, but Boeing -- one of the companies that might win the DARPA project.
As one half of the government-supported United Launch Alliance (which also includes Lockheed Martin), Boeing benefits mightily from the current system of sending satellites into orbit aboard disposable spacecraft. These launches cost the government -- and taxpayers -- about $10,000 per pound of payload delivered into space. But if XS-1 can move 5,000 pounds. into orbit for just $5 million, that works out to just $1,000 per pound -- a tenfold reduction in cost and a tenfold reduction in space launch revenue for Boeing (and Lockheed Martin).
That's could be a big hit to Boeing's business. But at least if it builds DARPA's space plane, Boeing will still retain some revenue from the space launch business. The alternative is to not build XS-1, to allow SpaceX to put Falcon 9R into service unchallenged, and, slowly but surely, to get priced out of the space launch business. For Boeing, that's simply too big a risk to take.
*Editor's note: A previous version of this article was misleading about whether the SpaceX rocket's "wet landing" was intentional or accidental. The Motley Fool regrets the confusion.
XS-1 could leapfrog SpaceX in the race to space. But whoever wins, the price of "space access" is coming down. Source: DARPA.


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FMEP Legislative Round-Up: March 29, 2019
1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters
2. Hearings
3. On the Record
*Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Round-Up was born!
A. AIPAC Policy Conference Priorities
On the morning of March 24th, the start of AIPAC's 2019 Policy Conference, AIPAC helpfully tweeted its lobby agenda.
(BASHING BOYCOTTS) S. Res. 120: Introduced 3/25 by Cardin (D-MD) and Portman (R-OH), "A resolution opposing efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel." Portman/Cardin press release is here; Portman tweet is here. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. As of 3/29, the bill has 26 cosponsors (almost 50/50 Democrat/Republican). The House version, H. Res. 246 [the two texts are virtually identical], introduced 3/21 by Schneider (D-IL), Nadler (D-NY), Zeldin (R-NY), and Wagner (R-MO), as of 3/29 has 77 cosponsors, also almost 50/50 Democrat/Republican). Press release from Schneider et al is here; Wagner press release is here.
The AIPAC page laying out its arguments for the resolution is here. That page helpfully situates those arguments in the context of Congressional passage in 2015 of the Trade Promotion Authority, which included language that was ostensibly about fighting boycotts of Israel, but in actual fact was about, as a matter of law, conflating Israel and settlements (by defining Israel to mean Israel and "Israel-controlled territories") and then making it U.S. policy, by extension, to defend/support/promote settlements (for more background, see analysis here and here).
Word on the street in DC is that this resolution is being presented as a "win" for progressives. This is debatable, to say the least. While it's true the resolution is better than binding bills we've seen in past, as I previously noted, for AIPAC & friends this is a tactical shift, not strategic walk-back. To understand, let's compare the good & bad in the resolution (also laid out on Twitter on 3/28):
GOOD: It doesn't include binding provisions that would quash free speech. Yippee! Violating the 1st Amdt rights of Americans to insulate Israel from criticism/pressure is not ok! But….BAD: The res is a far-reaching, unambiguous indictment of anyone who boycotts Israel (or settlements – we'll get back to that). Folks who support it are in effect legitimizing the same simplistic narrative that is being used to justify laws quashing free speech.
Also BAD: Folks who support it are going to be called hypocrites if they subsequently vote against legislation trying to fight what they have in effect labeled an evil scourge. Rubio, R-FL, already starting attacking Dems for exactly this last week. Also BAD: This res will fuel arguments that anyone, incl members of Congress & candidates, who supports, tolerates, or even brushes up against BDS is anti-Israel & anti-Semitic — and the argument that those who back this Res who don't denounces them as such are hypocrites.
GOOD: It doesn't explicitly call boycotts of Israel/settlements "anti-Semitic" But… BAD: There is no way you could read this res & not conclude that the intent is to label boycotts/boycotters of Israel anti-Semites.
GOOD: It doesn't explicitly conflate Israel & settlements. But… BAD: It implicitly conflates Israel & settlements, opposing boycotts of US companies "engaged in commercial activities that are legal under US law." Why not just say "that do business in Israel?" Because the intent is to also indict boycotts aimed at settlements/occupation.
GOOD: It affirmatively supports peace, negotiations, 2SS, mom, and apple pie. But…BAD: The formulaic recitation of hollow pro-peace language, at a time when the US & Israeli governments are all but proclaiming Greater Israel, is being used as shameless political cover for throwing progressives who care about Palestinians under the bus (& backing over them).
It seems some progressives think that, on balance, this resolution is still a good middle ground that will neutralize BDS as a political weapon against them. They are deluding themselves; worse still, they are setting themselves, and everyone who cares about free speech or the Palestinians, up for worse attacks. Because this resolution will outrage people who understand that it is just another way to delegitimize free speech and who recognize that it will be another thing weaponized to justify efforts to quash First Amendment rights at both the federal & state levels. And by egging on these attacks & delegitimizing those who care about Palestinians, it will further fracture the progressive base on an issue related to Israel…which in turn will only feed more attacks from those who, cynically exploiting BDS as a false metric, will argue progressives are bad on Israel and tolerate/engage in anti-Semitism.
In short, this resolution is an own-goal of epic proportions, at a moment when Democrats are already many goals down & have several players playing injured due to ugly fouls committed against them.
UPDATE – (WISH LIST OF ALL THINGS ISRAEL COULD WANT, PLUS ATCA "FIX") HR 1837: Introduced 3/21 by Deutch (D-FL) and Wilson (R-SC), and so far having a total of 47 cosponsors,"To make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize assistance for Israel, and for other purposes." This is the 2019 version of AIPAC's 2018 conference ask, HR 5141 (which was also included in S. 1, which as of this writing still shows up on AIPAC's website as a legislative priority), "United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018." Notably, the AIPAC website still shows S. 1 as its Senate companion to HR 5141 and as its lobby priority in the Senate. Text of HR 1837 is still not online, but according to the AIPAC summary (and based on last year's bill) HR 1837 is the answer to the age-old question, what do you give a country that is already seems to be getting everything you could possibly offer in terms of assistance, including an unconditional, guaranteed $3.8 billion in cash annually, plus huge funding for all kinds of defense programs? The answer (as summarized by AIPAC):
Authorize U.S. security assistance for Israel for 10 years, as called for in the 2016 U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance [in effect assuring Israel that the $3.8 billion in annual, unconditional assistance for the next 10 years under Israel's "Memorandum of Understanding" signed under the Obama Administration is guaranteed by Congress].
Extend authorization for the U.S. War Reserve Stockpile in Israel by five years and authorize an additional $1 billion in stocks. [In effect giving Israel continuing and much increased access to another de facto form of U.S. aid that doesn't get counted as U.S. aid, and further enabling, and investing the U.S. in, Israeli military actions. As David Schenker explained in 2014: "When WRSA was created, the stockpile was conceived as weapons systems and ammunition for rapid deployment to American forces in the region, and contained $100 million worth of U.S. military materiel. At Israel's behest, over the years Congress has significantly plussed-up the program, and successive U.S. administrations have executed the legislative authorization. Next year, that value of WRSA-I should reach $1.2 billion. As funding for the stockpile has increased, the purpose of WRSA has likewise evolved. Today, WRSA-I is intended to meet primarily Israeli, not American, military contingencies."]
Authorize the president to transfer precision guided munitions to Israel. [Notwithstanding the fact that, reportedly, the U.S. is already short of PGMs].
Extend authorization for loan guarantees to Israel by four years [this long-standing program is another form of unaccounted-for U.S. financial assistance for Israel, providing Israel with an ongoing, U.S.-guaranteed line of credit].
Authorize $55 million in new and expanded "cooperative programs" over 5 years in an array of areas [funding that will be in addition to Israel's regular $3.8 billion in cash military assistance].
In addition, as noted in last week's Round-Up (and completely unmentioned in AIPAC's online summary of the bill), HR 1837 reportedly includes the "Justice for United States Victims of Palestinian Terrorism," which seeks to "fix" ATCA (the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act) by (a) removing the language that used U.S. aid as a hook to enable Americans to sue the PLO/PA, and (b) by adding in new language to create an additional hook that intended to someday – if the PLO office is ever allowed to re-open in the U.S. – to force Palestinians to decide between a presence in the U.S. and membership in UN agencies (a scenario that feels increasingly unlikely, given the trajectory of U.S. and Israeli policy, both of which are racing toward declaring the Palestinians a non-people and their national leaders/organizations, by definition, illegitimate).
B. Other legislation
(MORE IRAN SANCTIONS) S.925: Introduced 3/28 by Cornyn (R-TX) and Sinema (D-AZ), along with 3 other GOP cosponsors, "A bill to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, and for other purposes." Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
UPDATE (SANCTIONING EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES HAMAS) HR 1850: As noted in last week's Round-Up, this bill (textl is still not online, but a summary is here) was introduced 3/21 by Mast (R-FL), Gottheimer (D-NJ), Engel (D-NY) McCaul (R-TX), as the "Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act." Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services. last week's Round-Up. Notably (and surprisingly) it was NOT listed by AIPAC as a legislative priority and as of this writing does not appear as such on AIPAC's website. Yet, as of 3/29 it has 15 bipartisan cosponsors (suggesting that someone is lobbying it).
(WE <HEART> ISRAEL-EGYPT PEACE TREATY) H. Res. 258: Introduced 3/27 by Connolly (D-VA) and Wilson (R-SC), "Affirming United States support for the continued implementation of the Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel." Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
(WE <HEART> ISRAEL-EGYPT PEACE TREATY) S. Res. 121: Introduced 3/25 by Boozman (R-AR) and Enzi (R-WY), "A resolution congratulating Israel and Egypt on the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty." Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
(NO F-35s FOR TURKEY) S .922: Introduced 3/28 by Lankford (R-OK), Shaheen (D-NH), Van Hollen (D-MD), and Tillis (R-NC), "A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey." The bill would prohibit the transfer of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to Turkey until the U.S. government certifies that Turkey will not accept delivery of Russia's S-400 air defense system. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Press release is here.
(RIGHT OF RETURN FOR IRAQI MINORITIES) H. Res. 259: Introduced 3/27 by Fortenberry (R-NE) and Eshoo (D-CA), "Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the repatriation of religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq to their ancestral homelands." Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Press release is here.
(STAND WITH ISRAEL v. IRAN & SYRIA) AIPAC letter: Another AIPAC legislative priority is a joint House-Senate letter to President Trump, led by Engel (D-NY) Risch (R-ID), McCaul (R-TX) and Menendez (D-NJ) (as of this writing it is unknown how many members have co-signed the letter so far). The letter urges the President to implement a strategy to "limit the presence of terrorists and extremists, counter the activities of our adversaries, an strengthen Israel's security." The recommended strategy includes: (1) doubling down on Israel's right to self-defense, which according to the letter should include, looking for ways to "augment our support in the context of the current 10-year Memorandum of Understanding" and ways "to ensure that Israel has access to the resources and material it needs to defend itself against threats on its northern border." It should also include continuing "to oppose international efforts to isolate and weaken Israel" [code for both BDS and pressure on settlements]; (2) Increasing pressure on Iran and Russia with respect to activities in Syria, including with more sanctions; and (3) Increasing pressure on Hezbollah, especially via sanctions.
(SUPPORT FUNDING FOR ISR-PAL P2P PROGRAMS) Hastings/Engel et al letter: On March 28, Reps. Hastings (D-FL) and Engel (D-NY) led a letter, signed by 35 House colleagues, sent to HFAC/SFOPS Subcommittee Chair Lowey (D-NY) and Ranking Member Rodgers (R-KY). The letter thanks the subcommittee for its support for programs that "promote people-to-people coexistence and reconciliation around the world" and urges the subcommittee to "again provide $12 million in such funding for projects focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." In addition, the letter urges the committee to include language that "will enable these important programs to continue in light of the interpretation of the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA), which has led to an end to those projects working with Palestinian beneficiaries."
4/3: The House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism [note: I have no idea when they added that last bit into the name – quite telling that they did] will hold a hearing entitled, "Assessing U.S. Policy Priorities in the Middle East." Scheduled witnesses so far are: Elisa Catalano Ewers, CNAS, and Dan Benaim, CAP.
3/27: The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing entitled, "The State Department's Foreign Policy Strategy and FY20 Budget Request." The sole witness was Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (statement). Engel's (D-NY) opening statement is here. Opening statement from McCaul (R-TX) is here. Press release from Curtis (R-UT), entitled "Curtis on US- Israel Relationship in Foreign Affairs Hearing with Secretary Pompeo" is here. Video is here.
3/27: The House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations held a hearing entitled, "Department of State Budget Request for FY 2020." The sole witness will be Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (statement). Lowey (D-NY) opening statement is here; Rogers (R-KY) opening statement is here. Video is here.
(A) AIPAC
AIPAC has posted transcripts of many (not all) speeches delivered during the Policy Conference here, including:
Majority House Leader Steny Hoyer
Bipartisan Members of Congress Trip ("Last December, six freshman members of Congress from both parties traveled to Israel with the American Israel Education Foundation. Representatives Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Susie Lee (D-NV), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Denver Riggleman (R-VA) and David Trone (D-MD) share how their experiences in Israel give them hope for increased bipartisanship when it comes to the U.S.-Israel relationship." – the group actually did a cutesy video on their bipartisan support for Israel and AIPAC)
Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Eliot Engel (D-NY)
Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Martha McSally (R-AZ)
Senator Jim Risch (R-ID)
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Also, Engel (D-NY) and McCaul (R-TX) interviewed on the main stage AIPAC's David Gillette – video is here, GOP/HFAC press release is here.
Also, a lot of members of the House and Senate tweeted about their time at AIPAC and/or their meetings with AIPAC attendees. This list is likely not comprehensive, but is taken from the member tweets re-tweeted by AIPAC this week :
Allen (R-GA)
Armstrong (R-ND)
Bacon (R-NE)
Balderson (R-OH)
Bost (R-IL)
Buchanan (R-FL)
Budd (R-NC), Budd (R-NC)
Burchett (R-TN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cruz (R-TX), Cruz (R-TX)
Curtis (R-UT)
Duncan (R-SC)
Ernst (R-IA)
Estes (R-KS)
Fleischmann (R-TN)
Gaetz (R-FL)
Gonzales (R-PR)
Gooden (R-TX)
Green (R-TN), Green (R-TN)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hudson (R-NC)
Joyce (R-OH)
Kustoff (R-TN)
Lamborn (R-CO)
McSally (R-AZ), McSally (R-AZ)
Miller (R-WV)
Mooney (R-WV)
Moran (R-KS)
Portman (R-OH)
Riggleman (R-VA), Riggleman (R-VA)
Roby (R-AL)
Rogers (R-AL)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schweikert (R-AZ)
Scott (R-FL)
Smucker (R-PA)
Walker (R-NC)
Waltz (R-FL), Waltz (R-FL)
Watkins (R-KS)
Wicker (R-MS)
Womack (R-AR)
Young (R-IN)
Brindisi (D-NY)
Crist (D-FL)
Cunningham (D-SC)
Deutch (D-FL)
Espaillat (D-NY)
Garcia (D-TX)
Gottheimer (D-NJ), Gottheimer (D-NJ), Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Harris (D-CA)
Hoyer (D-MD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lee (D-NV)
Lowey (D-NY)
Luria (D-VA)
Meng (D-NY)
Pallone (D-NJ)
Peters (D-CA)
Rice (D-NY)
Schneider (D-IL)
Sherman (D-CA)
Sinema (D-AZ), Sinema (D-AZ)
Titus (D-NV)
Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)
Some members also made floor statements or issued press releases related to AIPAC:
Green (R-TN) 3/27: ISRAEL: AMERICA'S INDISPENSABLE ALLY [and I <heart> AIPAC]
Pelosi (D-CA) 3/26: Pelosi Remarks at AIPAC 2019 Policy Conference
McCarthy (R-CA) 3/26: At AIPAC "AIPAC Should Be Celebrated, Not Boycotted"
Menendez (D-NJ) 3/26: Menendez Delivers Keynote Remarks at AIPAC Conference
Granger (R-TX) 3/26: Rep. Granger at AIPAC
Riggleman (R-VA) 3/26: Congressman Denver Riggleman Speaks at AIPAC Conference
Hoyer (D-MD) 3/25: Hoyer statement clarifying his AIPAC remarks [suggesting that he did not mean to throw Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Omar (D-MN) and Tlaib (D-MI) under the bus; or maybe he figured out that bad-mouthing three young, brown female elected members of Congress is not a good look for a senior Democratic white male colleague]
Hoyer (D-MD) 3/24: Hoyer Delivers Remarks at AIPAC Annual Policy Conference [and seemingly gleefully throws Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Omar (D-MN) and Tlaib (D-MI) under the bus]
B. Everything else
Scott (R-SC) & Casey (D-PA) 3/26: Scott, Casey Introduce Anti-Semitism Awareness Act [NOTE: This bill, S. 852, was actually introduced on 3/14 – it looks like Scott & Casey issued this belated press release appears to be an effort to raise the profile of the bill during the AIPAC conference. The press release highlights endorsements from the JFNA, the ADL, CUFI, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Burchett (R-TN) 3/26: Anti-Semitism [equating Rep. Omar's remarks – without naming her – to Tree of Life synagogue massacre]
Perry (R-PA) 3/26: Commending the United States' recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Graham (R-SC) 3/26: WSJ op-ed, "Trump's Golan Decision Is Moral and Strategic"
Calvert (R-CA) 3/25: Tweet, "Last night's rocket attack from Hamas on innocent Israeli civilians is reprehensible. We stand firmly behind Israel and it's right to defend itself in the wake of this senseless violence."
Deutch (D-FL) 3/25: Tweet, "Another rocket attack on Israel, this one landing on a home injuring those inside including children. Israel has the right to defend itself against terror attacks, and the US stands with our ally."
McCarthy (R-CA) 3/25: Tweet, "The United States condemns Hamas' despicable rocket attack on women and children. We stand with the state of Israel as it defends itself and its people."
Rice (D-NY) 3/25: Tweet, "Horrified by this morning's rocket attack in Israel. I'm sending my prayers to all those who were injured. The US stands by our ally in the face of this violence and we must reaffirm our commitment to lasting peace in the region."
Gottheimer (D-NJ) 3/25: Tweet, "Horrified by yet another rocket attack from Hamas aimed at innocent civilians in Israel. The United States supports our ally Israel and its right to defend itself from terrorist groups like Hamas in Gaza."
Marshall (R-KS) 3/25: "Mr. Speaker, this past week, President Trump and Secretary Pompeo took a bold step to affirm Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. I support this administration and our long-time friend and ally, Israel, in this fight to protect their homeland…"
Abraham (R-LA) 3/24: Abraham shows support for Israel following rocket attacks


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Q: Sequelize Migration - Create Trigger in PostgreSQL I need to create Trigger on one of my Table using Sequelize Migration in Node and PostgreSQL.
I haven't found enough documentation around it.
Currently I am using sequelize version 3.23 and quite familiar with PostgreSQL triggers, but not able to find anything around migration of triggers.
I am following docs provided on sequelize site related to migrations:
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  up: function(queryInterface, Sequelize) {
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  },

  down: function(queryInterface, Sequelize) {
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  }
}

Hope I get quick resolution around it..
Thanks in Advance :)

A: You can add the triggers to your models, they're not called triggers in your sequelize models though they're called Hooks.
Using hooks is probably a better idea since you can integrate them with your models and create actual model instances but if you really want to use postgres triggers then you can use Sequelize.query() like so:
module.exports = {
  up: function(queryInterface, Sequelize) {
    queryInterface.sequelize.query('CREATE TRIGGER...')
  },

  down: function(queryInterface, Sequelize) {
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  }
}

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HealthSociety
The Story of America's 19th-Century Opiate Addiction
Posted on January 5, 2018 by Soren Dreier
Author: Smithsonian
Doctors then, as now, overprescribed the painkiller to patients in need, and then, as now, government policy had a distinct bias.
The man was bleeding, wounded in a bar fight, half-conscious. Charles Schuppert, a New Orleans surgeon, was summoned to help. It was the late 1870s, and Schuppert, like thousands of American doctors of his era, turned to the most effective drug in his kit. "I gave him an injection of morphine subcutaneously of ½ grain," Schuppert wrote in his casebook. "This acted like a charm, as he came to in a minute from the stupor he was in and rested very easily."
Physicians like Schuppert used morphine as a new-fangled wonder drug. Injected with a hypodermic syringe, the medication relieved pain, asthma, headaches, alcoholics' delirium tremens, gastrointestinal diseases and menstrual cramps. "Doctors were really impressed by the speedy results they got," says David T. Courtwright, author of Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America. "It's almost as if someone had handed them a magic wand."
By 1895, morphine and opium powders, like OxyContin and other prescription opioids today, had led to an addiction epidemic that affected roughly 1 in 200 Americans. Before 1900, the typical opiate addict in America was an upper-class or middle-class white woman. Today, doctors are re-learning lessons their predecessors learned more than a lifetime ago.
Opium's history in the United States is as old as the nation itself. During the American Revolution, the Continental and British armies used opium to treat sick and wounded soldiers. Benjamin Franklin took opium late in life to cope with severe pain from a bladder stone. A doctor gave laudanum, a tincture of opium mixed with alcohol, to Alexander Hamilton after his fatal duel with Aaron Burr.
The Civil War helped set off America's opiate epidemic. The Union Army alone issued nearly 10 million opium pills to its soldiers, plus 2.8 million ounces of opium powders and tinctures. An unknown number of soldiers returned home addicted, or with war wounds that opium relieved. "Even if a disabled soldier survived the war without becoming addicted, there was a good chance he would later meet up with a hypodermic-wielding physician," Courtright wrote. The hypodermic syringe, introduced to the United States in 1856 and widely used to deliver morphine by the 1870s, played an even greater role, argued Courtwright in Dark Paradise. "Though it could cure little, it could relieve anything," he wrote. "Doctors and patients alike were tempted to overuse."
Opiates made up 15 percent of all prescriptions dispensed in Boston in 1888, according to a survey of the city's drug stores. "In 1890, opiates were sold in an unregulated medical marketplace," wrote Caroline Jean Acker in her 2002 book, Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control. "Physicians prescribed them for a wide range of indications, and pharmacists sold them to individuals medicating themselves for physical and mental discomforts."
Male doctors turned to morphine to relieve many female patients' menstrual cramps, "diseases of a nervous character," and even morning sickness. Overuse led to addiction. By the late 1800s, women made up more than 60 percent of opium addicts. "Uterine and ovarian complications cause more ladies to fall into the [opium] habit, than all other diseases combined," wrote Dr. Frederick Heman Hubbard in his 1881 book, The Opium Habit and Alcoholism.
Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, medical journals filled with warnings about the danger of morphine addiction. But many doctors were slow to heed them, because of inadequate medical education and a shortage of other treatments. "In the 19th century, when a physician decided to recommend or prescribe an opiate for a patient, the physician did not have a lot of alternatives," said Courtwright in a recent interview. Financial pressures mattered too: demand for morphine from well-off patients, competition from other doctors and pharmacies willing to supply narcotics.
Only around 1895, at the peak of the epidemic, did doctors begin to slow and reverse the overuse of opiates. Advances in medicine and public health played a role: acceptance of the germ theory of disease, vaccines, x-rays, and the debut of new pain relievers, such as aspirin in 1899. Better sanitation meant fewer patients contracting dysentery or other gastrointestinal diseases, then turning to opiates for their constipating and pain-relieving effects.
Educating doctors was key to fighting the epidemic. Medical instructors and textbooks from the 1890s regularly delivered strong warnings against overusing opium. "By the late 19th century, [if] you pick up a medical journal about morphine addiction," says Courtwright, "you'll very commonly encounter a sentence like this: 'Doctors who resort too quickly to the needle are lazy, they're incompetent, they're poorly trained, they're behind the times.'" New regulations also helped: state laws passed between 1895 and 1915 restricted the sale of opiates to patients with a valid prescription, ending their availability as over-the-counter drugs.
As doctors led fewer patients to addiction, another kind of user emerged as the new face of the addict. Opium smoking spread across the United States from the 1870s into the 1910s, with Chinese immigrants operating opium dens in most major cities and Western towns. They attracted both indentured Chinese immigrant workers and white Americans, especially "lower-class urban males, often neophyte members of the underworld," according to Dark Paradise. "It's a poor town now-a-days that has not a Chinese laundry," a white opium-smoker said in 1883, "and nearly every one of these has its layout" – an opium pipe and accessories.
That shift created a political opening for prohibition. "In the late 19th century, as long as the most common kind of narcotic addict was a sick old lady, a morphine or opium user, people weren't really interested in throwing them in jail," Courtwright says. "That was a bad problem, that was a scandal, but it wasn't a crime."
That changed in the 1910s and 1920s, he says. "When the typical drug user was a young tough on a street corner, hanging out with his friends and snorting heroin, that's a very different and less sympathetic picture of narcotic addiction."
The federal government's efforts to ban opium grew out of its new colonialist ambitions in the Pacific. The Philippines were then a territory under American control, and the opium trade there raised significant concerns. President Theodore Roosevelt called for an international opium commission to meet in Shanghai at the urging of alarmed American missionaries stationed in the region. "U.S. delegates," wrote Acker in Creating the American Junkie, "were in a poor position to advocate reform elsewhere when their own country lack national legislation regulating the opium trade." Secretary of State Elihu Root submitted a draft bill to Congress that would ban the import of opium prepared for smoking and punish possession of it with up to two years in prison. "Since smoking opium was identified with Chinese, gamblers, and prostitutes," Courtwright wrote, "little opposition was anticipated."
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Loyalty is a funny thing, and when it comes to loyalty to a brand, it can be a very complex thing to pin down. Why should one brand or company inspire loyalty over another? One might expect that price is the holy grail for most consumers (and it's certainly a factor), but the truth is a good deal more complicated than that.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that brand loyalty may not yet exist in the vaping industry. As still a relatively young marketplace, new products and indeed companies spring up and disappear very quickly, leaving consumers little time to develop an affinity for any one brand.
Vapers, however, are some of the savviest consumers around, and the wider vaping community is instrumental in deciding whether new products succeed or fail. They offer incredibly useful feedback to companies, and their word of mouth support for a brand is key to attracting and retaining new customers.
Here at JAC Vapour, we have a very loyal customer base, which has developed and evolved over the past few years; but why should so many people choose us over the myriad other e-cigarette brands available?
Our customers are at the heart of every decision we make as a company. We know and believe that the customers make the company, and without them, we couldn't exist. Due to this, we place the greatest importance on the quality of our customer service. We're consumers as well, after all, and we treat our customers in the way we'd expect to be treated ourselves.
Electronic cigarettes come with a bit of a learning curve, which is easier for some to master than others. We understand that our responsibility doesn't end when your order is shipped, which is why our dedicated customer service team are on hand to help six days a week. As an electronic product, however, we also know that occasionally things can go wrong, and we're always more than happy to offer troubleshooting support, technical assistance and even to replace products when we're unable to resolve a problem.
Our entire business model is based around three pillars; Quality, Performance and Reliability. We seek out the best possible vape products to offer to our customers and work closely with various manufacturers to ensure that all of our products are manufactured to the highest standards, while offering optimum performance.
We conduct independent testing, . Product safety is incredibly important to us, and to that end we take great pains to make sure that everything we sell conforms to CE and RoHS certification standards.
Our reliability record is a point of pride, with a failure rate well below the norm for electronic goods. We also offer a 14 Day No Quibble Money Back Guarantee, as we understand that e-cigs aren't always for everyone, and all of our hardware is sold with a warranty (up to four months in the case of chargers and PCCs) that protects against manufacturing failure. We believe that all of this helps to promote trust in our products, and to encourage loyalty to our brand.
In addition to all of this, we operate our very own loyalty scheme, which rewards customers for their continued support of our products. Gold Points can be earned on our web store for a variety of actions, including making a purchase and leaving reviews, and these points can then be redeemed against future orders. The more a customer interacts with our site, the more points they can earn.
We also operate a referral scheme, enabling customers to earn £5 to spend on the store. When a friend has been referred to us and their first order has been placed, your account will automatically be credited with your reward; it's that easy.
When points have been earned, they can be redeemed in your shopping cart prior to checkout. Simply adjust the slider found there to set the number of points you wish to spend.
Brand loyalty is cumulative and requires constant work to maintain. We are always working on maintaining standards and developing new ways of supporting and rewarding our customers. Keep checking our website for new promotions, product support and troubleshooting advice.


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Australians optimistic but overwhelmed: New research from Macquarie
Sydney, 06 December 2011
New research from Macquarie's Banking and Financial Services Group reveals that 65% of Australians are currently feeling positive about their lives, however, only a quarter feel confident and in control when making life or financial decisions.
Despite this, the quest for confidence is strong – with more than half the nation (56%) wanting to be seen as confident decision-makers, particularly amidst uncertainty and hesitation around global markets.
'Mood, Life & Money – Macquarie Insights' is a comprehensive research study and investigation into Australians' life and financial decision-making, as well as general mood and reasons for it. The study was conducted in September 2011 and involved a large-scale qualitative research program of 12 group discussions across the nation prior to a detailed online survey of 1,600 respondents.
Interestingly, Baby Boomers are the most positive (70%) and Generation X the most stressed (37%) while Generation Y desire a more fulfilling life (57%). Men and women are both feeling equally positive about life, although men are slightly more stressed than women (36% versus 28%).
Generation Y has very low confidence in life and financial decision-making (16%), with Baby Boomers displaying the highest levels of decision-making confidence (34%) – especially when they write down their plans for the future (42%) and discuss them with their family (40%).
While the mood of the nation is generally upbeat, Australians also identified areas of their lives that keep them awake at night, including:
more than one third of Australians said not having enough money for a rainy day was their biggest concern, especially for Generation X (41%) who also mentioned the safety of their children (40%) was of great concern
male Generation Y's biggest fear is finding time to do the things they want (46%), with Gen Y women saying their biggest fear is housing affordability (60%)
having enough for retirement (44%) and decisions the government make (42%) are of paramount concern to Baby Boomers
both men and women are most concerned about having enough money for a rainy day, though many more women (45%) express this fear than men (24%).
When asked about life decision-making:
three quarters of Australians rely on their spheres of influence (family and/or friends/colleagues etc) for initial discussions – compared to a low 45% who discuss life decisions with experts (including financial advisers, lawyers, accountants or other experts)
across a wide range of life's decisions, Generation X and Y are most confident about making the decision to travel overseas, with men being much more confident than women – while Baby Boomers are most confident about making the decision to write a will
men are more confident than women about the decision to either start or sell a business; whereas women are more confident about the decision to get married.
On the topic of confidence in financial decision-making
many Australians lack confidence when making important financial decisions - including the decision to invest, setting up self managed super funds and knowing how best to structure their finances
there remains a very strong reliance on Australians using their spheres of influence including family, friends and colleagues (65%) for these decisions
it is common for Australians to employ multiple methods to help when making financial and life decisions, with 59% spending time thinking about their decisions, 57% spending a lot of time on the internet researching and 48% reading to help with the decision
women typically control the finances in the average Australian home – with 74% of women make or share all of the financial decision-making in Australian households, compared to 69% of men
where men and women share financial decision making it is far more common for women to be managing the budget, checking the bank balance and putting spare funds into savings – which suggests women take more responsibility for the day-to-day financial management
Those who have sought expert advice are much more confident about making financial decisions than those who haven't, and are vastly more confident talking about finance (56%) than those who have not sought advice (44%)
Yet, only one third of Australians believe talking to an expert will improve their life decision-making confidence.
According to Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group Analytics Research Manager, Gary Lembit, a key takeout from the results of Mood, Life & Money – Macquarie Insights was that money alone might not buy happiness or promote confidence in life.
"The research clearly reveals that Australians with more substantial assets are found to be more positive about life than those with above average income. Those who plan for the future and are more in control of their finances say they are 'happily enjoying life'.
"The Mood, Life & Money – Macquarie Insights exercise has been fascinating and revealed some interesting insights into the attributes and actions of those who, in general, are happier and more confident. There are also some simple lessons that Australians who aren't feeling as confident can put into action to help them feel more in control of their life, finances and future. " Mr Lembit added.
Head of Macquarie Adviser Services, Tony Graham, says confidence is not only a state of mind but also a state of control.
"The research clearly demonstrates that regardless of generation or gender, Australians are far more confident in their life and financial decision-making if they involve financial experts. Conversely, those who rely solely on their families and spheres of influence are not as positive or content."
Mr Graham added: "The research has shown us that the traditional Australian resolve remains strong, which is a great starting point to address the general feeling of under-confidence when making financial and life decisions."
Macquarie prides itself on keeping abreast of and anticipating its clients' needs in an ever-changing global economy. 'Mood, Life & Money – Macquarie Insights' unveils strategic insights that enable Macquarie to continue to provide a high quality of service and products for its retail clients.


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Hannah Wants is launching her own label, Etiquette – EDM All Day
One of the most notorious and prolific mixers in the game, Hannah Wants, has announced she will be launching her …
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One of the most notorious and prolific mixers in the game, Hannah Wants, has announced she will be launching her very own label, Etiquette, on October 12. Wants will be releasing some of her own original music under the new imprint, including her forthcoming "Close To You" and "You Keep Comin." A variety of house and bass, both established and less-seasoned acts alike are set to follow suit soon after.
The watershed announcement for the British producer will be capped off by an exclusive launch party in East London. Wants has confirmed she and a slew of guests will be performing at the soiree, spinning from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., though the precise location has yet to be disclosed.
The news is quite a tonal shift from her announcement last week that she has been battling breast cancer since her diagnosis 18 months back. Wants has been bestowed titles like Mixmag's Breakthrough DJ of 2014 and navigated her way through dance music's most sought-after hotbeds, like Ibiza's Ibiza Rocks and Manchester's The Warehouse Project.
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JUI-F chief: After ousting Imran, country's reconstruction biggest challenge before govt
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: PDM and JUI Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the country would have faced mutiny, had the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government lingered on to power.
The Maulana expressed these views while talking to local news channel in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday.
He said that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (a multi-party alliance) saved the country by taking reins from the Imran Khan-led government. "But after Imran, the biggest challenge the government is facing today is country's reconstruction which has been left in tatters," the Maulana said.
He deplored that the Imran government agreed to a very harsh deal with the International Monetary Fund about which his own government people had expressed their resentment. "Now the IMF has holding us by the throat," the Maulana said adding that on top of that we were hit by the calamitous floods.
Maulana Fazl bemoaned that the recent floods decimated large swathes of country killing people, besides inflicting huge losses to property and destroying crops. The agricultural lands which have been ruined by floods this year, they could not be able to yield till next year, he added.
He was of the view that $1.17 billion IMF tranche was not enough to solve our economic problems but the revived loan programme had paved ways for our friendly countries to help us out.
He said since the flood assistance was pouring in from the world, so the rehabilitation of flood affectees was our priority.
"We should put aside all our political differences and work on war-footing for the rehabilitation of flood-hit people," Fazl observed.
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Addition of New Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits; Amendment of Distilled Spirits and Malt Beverage Net Contents Labeling Regulations
by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau on 12/29/2020.
This final rule amends the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations that govern wine and distilled spirits containers to add seven new standards of fill for wine and distilled spirits. Although TTB had originally proposed to generally eliminate the standards of fill for wine and distilled spirits, TTB is not adopting that...
Establishment of the Tehachapi Mountains Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the approximately 58,000-acre ``Tehachapi Mountains'' viticultural area in Kern County, California. The Tehachapi Mountains viticultural area is not located within, nor does it contain, any established viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better...
Proposed Establishment of the Ulupalakua Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the approximately 70-acre ``Ulupalakua'' viticultural area on the island of Maui, Hawaii. The proposed viticultural area is not within any other established viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines...
Proposed Expansion of the Clarksburg Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to expand the approximately 64,640-acre ``Clarksburg'' viticultural area by approximately 27,945 acres. The Clarksburg viticultural area is located in Sacramento, Solano, and Yolo Counties, in California, and the proposed expansion area is located in Sacramento and Solano Counties. The...
Proposed Establishment of the Lower Long Tom Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the approximately 25,000-acre ``Lower Long Tom'' viticultural area in portions of Lane and Benton Counties in Oregon. The proposed viticultural area lies entirely within the existing Willamette Valley viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to...
Proposed Establishment of the Goose Gap Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the approximately 8,129-acre ``Goose Gap'' viticultural area in Benton County, Washington. The proposed viticultural area lies entirely within the established Yakima Valley and Columbia Valley viticultural areas. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better...
Proposed Establishment of the Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the approximately 5,850-acre ``Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon'' viticultural area in Polk County, Oregon. The proposed viticultural area lies entirely within the Willamette Valley viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe...
Proposed Establishment of the San Luis Obispo Coast (SLO Coast) Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the 408,585-acre ``San Luis Obispo Coast'' viticultural area in San Luis Obispo County, California. TTB is proposing to recognize both ``San Luis Obispo Coast'' and the abbreviated ``SLO Coast'' as the name of the proposed AVA. The proposed AVA is located entirely within...
Proposed Establishment of the Virginia Peninsula Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the 673,059-acre ``Virginia Peninsula'' viticultural area in southeastern Virginia. The proposed viticultural area is not located within, nor does it contain, any other established viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the...
Establishment of the Candy Mountain Viticultural Area and Modification of the Yakima Valley Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the approximately 815-acre ``Candy Mountain'' viticultural area in Benton County, Washington. TTB is also expanding the boundary of the existing 1,093-square mile Yakima Valley viticultural area by approximately 72 acres in order to avoid a partial overlap with the newly established...
Establishment of the Royal Slope Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the approximately 156,389-acre ``Royal Slope'' viticultural area in Adams and Grant Counties, in Washington. The Royal Slope viticultural area is located entirely within the existing Columbia Valley viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better...
Establishment of the Alisos Canyon Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the approximately 5,774-acre ``Alisos Canyon'' viticultural area in Santa Barbara County, California. The Alisos Canyon viticultural area is located entirely within the existing Central Coast viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe...
Proposed Modification of the Boundaries of the Santa Lucia Highlands and Arroyo Seco Viticultural Areas
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to modify the boundaries of the ``Santa Lucia Highlands'' viticultural area and the adjacent ``Arroyo Seco'' viticultural area in Monterey County, California. The proposed boundary modifications would remove approximately 376 acres from the Santa Lucia Highlands viticultural area and...
Proposed Establishment of the Tehachapi Mountains Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the approximately 58,000-acre ``Tehachapi Mountains'' viticultural area in Kern County, California. The proposed viticultural area is not located within, nor does it contain, any established viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better...
Establishment of the Tualatin Hills and Laurelwood District Viticultural Areas
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the approximately 144,000-acre ``Tualatin Hills'' viticultural area in portions of Multnomah and Washington Counties, Oregon, and the approximately 33,600-acre ``Laurelwood District'' viticultural area in portions of Washington and Yamhill Counties, Oregon. TTB is establishing both...
Changes to Certain Alcohol-Related Regulations Governing Bond Requirements and Tax Return Filing Periods
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is adopting as final, with minor technical corrections, temporary regulations relating to excise taxes imposed on distilled spirits, wines, and beer that were published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2017. These regulatory amendments implement certain changes made to the Internal Revenue Code...
Proposed Establishment of the White Bluffs Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the 93,738-acre ``White Bluffs'' viticultural area in Franklin County, Washington. The proposed AVA is located entirely within the existing Columbia Valley AVA. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow...
Proposed Establishment of The Burn of Columbia Valley Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the 16,870-acre ``The Burn of Columbia Valley'' viticultural area in Klickitat County, Washington. The proposed AVA is located entirely within the existing Columbia Valley AVA. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines...
Proposed Establishment of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the approximately 15,900-acre ``Palos Verdes Peninsula'' viticultural area in the southwestern coastal region of Los Angeles County, California. The proposed viticultural area does not lie within, nor does it contain, any other established viticultural area. TTB designates...
Modernization of the Labeling and Advertising Regulations for Wine, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is amending certain of its regulations governing the labeling and advertising of wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages to address comments it received in response to a notice of proposed rulemaking, Notice No. 176, published on November 26, 2018. In this document, TTB is finalizing certain...